Show WHERE ALL IS PLAY PARIS THE recreation SPOT OF ALL NATIONS dull care has no place in the thoughts of the inhabitants of the gay capital many forms of amuse ment la belle paris is the cry of the true born frenchman and echoed by the civilized a orld of to day for Is not the french capital the gay city par ex cel clllence lence generations have labored to drive away dull care and only the frenchman has solved the problem there Is care and labor and striving in france as Is the lot of human kind everywhere but the gaul with bis his V mimi genius for precision has resolved to have one place where one may at all times exercise the dull specter of lives that must at some stage knit its brows where life may be gay and joyous in any measure from the sober sedate pleasures of the steady going to the wildest fantasies of the foolish spendthrift all are served at paris parts whether bright or dull rich or poor sordid or spiritual banal or not the french have always said so and the world today to day makes the fair city on the seine its play yard amuse ment has there become a fine flue art how it is done becomes therefore nowadays worthy of a serious study IP F berkeley smith has ventured not perhaps a very serious attempt but a hearted commentary by one evi farst antly having a full knowledge at first hand of his subject his how paris amuses itself published by punk funk Wag nalls bears on its face the impress of the real observer who tells not how it may be done elsewhere for that would need a parisian aradi tion to make possible but how paris meets the task of amusing what shall we do next says the weary new arrival in paris parts and smith shows what he may do there are the cafes open as the air where the pass ing throng may it if it will appraise your menu or envy your appetite there Is everything to see often 1 too much for sensitive souls but art Is not all staid and prim and why the art of amusing the restaurants tempt for the evening glittering or not as the purse may prompt the choice here good taste and refinement rule there they do not and having dined there are the smart circuses permanent and complete like the cirque medrano the nouveau cirque the cirque d not the draughty temporary world of canvas the rest of the world delights in there Is a choice of pops from the small bouls bouts bouts through the open air concerts of the champs the concert des deurs and the alcazar d dete ete the music halls like the folies folles marigny the jardin de paris the folies folles ber der I 1 V A popular chanteuse gere the casino and then the opera the opera domique and the Parisi ennes smaller but more serious musical affairs like the concert rouge the shows and ca barets of montmartre and those in the left shore lae like the and roe he grillon the cheap and decent su durban burban theaters as well as the eapen sive and not co 0 o decent royal and arid rabelais in the heart of 0 the city the daring independent theater libre the original theater antoine the scenic displays of tho th chatelet light comedy at the vaudeville interpreted py by rejane the divine sarah in her new theater and the historic Fran francais cals list Is well nigh endless the paris restaurants restore they are not merely places where one gets something to eat the choice is endless here is s the place where the ceef resigned a year ago because the proprietor put prices on the menu As if forsooth one could tell beforehand whether a filet dours a la francois joseph would be worth f flo 10 or f 20 when served yet even in these ex restaurants there is to be had an an edition of the menu with prices hat that is apologetically handed t to you f 2 when the daltre d hotel discovers you are axe not a millionaire or a tool fool the story that mr mir smith tells tell a sot sol c charmingly might better be entitled how paris amuses not itself but others paris amuses itself as boston doston amuses itself soberly decently cheaply in the main or at least economically no sacrificing nothing to esten asten latious spending of money unless a good profit Is within reach for the tho foolish visitor painting the french man s beloved town red the Par parisian islan will spread delectable traps for his money traps that work ork with uniform success from every point of view whether in immediate cash box results or in training unconscious advertising agents who will spread the fame abroad to other gudgeons of the charms of the city by y the seine it Is thus that the banalities ot of the thel numerous cates cafes concert concert halls and small theaters earn a rich harvest thus at say the rabelais where the curtain falls discreetly upon situations situa tlona so risque thai tha even the rabelais must draw the line yet there are many places like the Bodin fere for example that thata a sunday school convention might safely include in its 13 program all tastes are served the sober and decent enjoy their intellectual treats the others enjoy the other kind and are to be noisiest in comment at home either in frank approval or in the ta fa die elle criticism of the lapsed and and mecom averted it Is possible at the quat Z arts 40 for a modest sum to hear bonnard A sing he has been secretary of prince Boffa bonaparte parte been around the world sev eral era times and Is an accomplished accomplish eq man in many ways or to hear bear in the tho A old songs of france detaille Batal Da taille lle who haq han I 1 been a successful lawyer and was oncel secretary to the minister of the in ini i gerior or to hear georges tiercy 04 the same type of man or paul delmet or henri bursy or mile odette dalao or mine mme lawrence deschamps one may applaud and enjoy their talent and not be ashamed to tell of it these are the bal masques the side shows the fetes des ter for alnes and then in the bar du helder the programs tor for it appears that three 14 fourths of vaudeville artists are amer leans english or austrians and in paris the lady billed as miss daisy smith queen of the high wire will appear in london as mile baisle smythe reine du fille de fer just as in london or new york what Is on the bill of tare fare as chateaubriand Chateau briand aux souffle es becomes in paris steak and tried fried potatoes thug thus does paris amuse itself boston doston herald |